Xavin is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
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Xavin is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
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Xavin is gender-fluid with seemingly no preference in which pronouns are used for themselves .
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When Xavin first appeared to the Runaways, they took on the form of a black male, but changed into a black female just for the sake of Karolina Dean, a lesbian whom they were to marry.
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Xavin, often called "Xav" for short, is known for their obtuse and warlike personality.
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Xavin was portrayed by Clarissa Thibeaux in the second and third seasons of the Hulu television series Runaways which is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Xavin later arrived on Earth in order to marry her and hopefully stop the fifteen-year war between their races.
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Xavin encountered Karolina shortly after her romantic advances were rejected by Nico Minoru.
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Xavin, tried to convince Karolina to be their bride, fought and pursued her, in the form of a human male.
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Xavin survives the attack by shape-shifting their organs out of the way.
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Weeks later, Xavin better adjusted, refraining from insulting Victor and becoming closer to Molly .
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However, Xavin is still more-or-less an outcast to the other members.
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Xavin joins the group but has trouble adjusting to their new surroundings and getting along with their new teammates, particularly Victor, whom they often offend with condescending remarks about robots.
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Xavin was a Super-Skrull in training, meaning they can manifest the powers of the Fantastic Four: Mr Fantastic's ability to stretch and contort his body into any shape imaginable, Invisible Woman's power to render herself invisible, and the ability to create force fields, the Human Torch's fire-control and flight and the Thing's superhuman strength and resistant rock-like hide.
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Xavin is known for their war-like, rash attitude, something that irritates the other Runaways, particularly Victor, whom they had a strong animosity towards because being an android, Victor would have been hardwired to cook, and clean on their planet.
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In 2008, Xavin was named the fourth best Skrull characters in an article published on Marvel's official website.
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Karolina is fixed on the idea that Xavin is female, and that Xavin isn't pretending to be a woman, just learning to be human.
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However, on his blog, the artist Humberto Ramos notes that he was instructed to draw Xavin taking different genders depending on the situation, even when not plot-necessary.
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Xavin met Karolina after Karolina suffered rejection from Nico, her crush, for some time.
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When Xavin expressed no concern about changing physical appearance from male to female to please her, Karolina began a relationship.
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Later on, during an argument, Xavin subconsciously reverted to their female human form, which both surprised and pleased Karolina, who had earlier expressed some lingering doubts about Xavin's true gender.
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Xavin grew to respect Nico's leadership, telling her how much they've learned from her.
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Xavin appears in the second season of Runaways portrayed by Clarissa Thibeaux, with other actors and actresses occasionally portraying them.
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Xavin fully reveals themselves to Karolina at the end of "Earth Angel" as her betrothed.
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Xavin stays at the hostel where she speaks with Leslie Dean and reveals to her that she is pregnant with Jonah's heir and that he and his family have inhabited other bodies, later revealed to be Stacey Yorkes, Tina Minoru, Victor Stein, and one unknown party .
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Xavin's makes her last appearance in the third season, episode "Rite of Thunder", where Leslie gives birth to a baby named Elle Dean, and Xavin takes her in and raises her as his own and goes off into space.
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